The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-07-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The estimated reduction of the publ
debt for June is about $l5,O00,O0O.
On Monday fire destroyed the bushes
portion of the town of Pullman, w. I
Loss $4,000; insured for about $40, ,0OC
Hurley, Wisconsin, was swept by fir
on Tuesday. Five blocks of business
houses we're destroyed entailing loss o
100000.
An excavation for pile for the Soutl
Shore railroad bridge near Portsmouth
Ohio, caved in on Tuesday, crushing SIN
men to death.
A fight between contractors and work
men on the railroad being built through
the Cherokee nation, took place Monday
IN which three men we're killed.
The contest for the championship of
America in pigeon trap shooting at Des
Moines, Iowa, Thursday, was won by G.
w. Budd of that city, who killed 81
birds; J. H. Slime of Illinois killing 95
Rise thirty yards.
The trial of Jacob Sharp, charged
with bribery, which had been in progress
for thirty-four days in New York,
closed on Wednesday and resulted in the
conviction Of the noted corruptor of New
York city aldermen.
Bill Anhiver, known as Wild Bill,
was lying asleep in a small boat at
Great Falls, the anchorage broke and Bill
floated down stream. His rescue was
effected by two gentlemen who caught
him as he was going over the dam.
James G. Blaine visited the American
exhibition in London last Saturday. At
ter the performance he had an informal
reception and was loudly cheered, one
spectator calling for and getting for
Blaine s'three times three and tiger"
General Miles has telegraphed the war
department that the hostile Apaches have
all been driven back to their reservation
where they surrendered. He has insti-
tuted an investigation and detailed gen.
eral court martial for the trial of the rem
egades.
Intelligence has been received at Win
nipcg that Gabriel Dumont has crossed
from Montana and is at present in the
Sweet Grass hills, sixty miles south of
Lethbridge. He pretends to be in search
Of land, but is supposed to be melting
the half breeds.
Reports from Key West, Florida, state
that yellow fever is rapidly spreading,
and that the disease is now beyond the
control Of the health authorities. The
character of the disease is very fatal. Out
Of forty-six cases reported on Wednesday
nineteen have died.
Indian Agent Pockington telegraphs to
Regina announcing the successful mis-
sion Of a Canadian deputation to Mon
tana, whittier the party went to recover
one hundred horses, stolen from Red Crow,
chief of the bloods, by large party of
American GrOs Vcntres,
Ten Brock, the famous thoroughbred
horse, died at the home of the owner, F.
B. Harper, in Woodford county, Ken
lucky, Tuesday. The cause Of death
was appoplexy. He was fifteen years
old. His owner refused $4,000 for him
a few days before he died.
A riot occurred at Oak Ridge, Louis
:ana on Monday, in which one white man
and six negroes were killed and several
white men dangerously wounded. The
trouble was caused by the attempted res
cue of negro who had been arrested on
a charge Of assaulting white girl.
Morgan, Hanley, and Harrington, three
of the four robbers who rescued their
leader, McMunn, from train IN Ohio
while in the. custody of sheriff, have
been arrested. Sixteen thousand dollars
was offered for their arrest which was only
effected after dsperate fight in which
one man was killed.
The town of Marshtield, Wis, was
completely destroyed by fire on Monday,
an estimated loss of 81, 100000.
Twelve solid blocks of stores we're des-
troyed. Twelve houses were blown up
with dynamite in vain attempt to check
the flames. The present scene is de-
scribed as one of awful desolatlon.
1t is rumored that majority of the
judges sitting on the supreme bench of
Illinois have decided in favor of the
points submitted by Captain Black and
Leonard SWEET why the sentence by Judge
Cory on the Haymarket asssassins should
not be executed, at least before another
hearing was allowed the condemned.
William Kelow, William Pengilly, Jas.
Vanderst and Paul Hasting, were in
stantly killed in the Vulcan mine at
Norway, Michigan, Wednesday. They
were coming out Of the mine in the cage
when some men allowed the train car
RI rrnt awav and UO thun6erinp down